Comedy ·Drama · France · 1995 · 1h 33m

A Prayer for the Absent

La prière de l'absent

A Prayer for the Absent poster
Director
Hamid Benani
Cast
Saadia Azgoun as Yemna Hamid Basket as Mokhtar Ahmed Tayeb Laalej as Abdelkebir Rguegda as
Crew
Girolamo La Rosa — Director of Photography Tonino Macoppi — Director of Photography Françoise Collin — Editor Natalie Perrey — Editor Olivier Debard — Original Music Composer Hamid Benani — Writer
Synopsis

In Morocco, during the resistance and struggle for independence in the 1950s, Mokhtar, a cultured young man from a middle-class family in Fez, is the unwitting cause of Yamna's downfall, and she must pay a high price to regain her dignity and freedom.

Key Collaborators
Hamid Benani Director Girolamo La Rosa Director of Photography Tonino Macoppi Director of Photography Françoise Collin Editor Natalie Perrey Editor Olivier Debard Original Music Composer Hamid Benani Writer Mohamed Kaghat Writer Mohamed Tazi Writer
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